The Power of Sickness Has Been Destroyed

Sickness and disease are works of the devil and you don’t have to put up with the works of the devil another day of your life!

Jesus contrasted the works of the devil with His works. He said:

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.  (John 10:10 NKJV)

Disease does not fit the description of the abundant life Jesus gives. Disease steals, kills, and destroys. The following short journey to the garden of Eden gives us a description of abundant life.

In the beginning, God created Adam and Eve and placed them in a beautiful garden, a paradise. They enjoyed daily fellowship with God, and a life that was sorrow free. There was no sickness or disease, no pain, no mental anguish, and no lack of any kind. This was the perfect will of God for mankind.

One day Adam and Eve rebelled against the command of God and ate from the forbidden tree. Once they did, sin entered our world. Sin brought spiritual death, and then sickness and disease came on the wings of spiritual death.

When Jesus came to earth, He came to take care of the sin problem.   Once the sin problem was resolved, the sickness problem was resolved. We could say that He came to restore us to the abundant life that Adam and Eve once enjoyed.

1 John 3:8 tells us:

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

The following three accounts in the Bible clearly contrast the works of the devil and the works of Jesus.

1.     THE WOMAN WHO WAS BENT OVER.

Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity." And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, "There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore, come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day."

The Lord then answered him and said, "Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound — think of it — for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"

(Luke 13:10-16 NKJV)

Notice that Satan had bound this woman, but the Lord set her free!

Jesus destroyed the works of the devil in her life.

2.    THE BOY WITH EPILEPSY.

Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not."

He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me." Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.  (Mark 9:17-20 NKJV)

 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!"

(Mark 9:25 NKJV)

A demon spirit had bound this boy, but the Lord set him free!

Jesus destroyed the works of the devil in his life!

3.    JOB'S BOILS.

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

(Job 2:7 NKJV)

Satan put these painful boils on Job.

But the Lord restored him completely, thereby destroying the works of the devil.

And the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning (Job 42:10, 12 NKJV)

Job has been the subject of much controversy in different sects of the church. Many have used Job to validate false teaching that God makes people sick simply because the Lord allowed Satan to put the boils on Job. But we have the answer to why Satan was allowed to do this.

For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me,

And what I dreaded has happened to me.  (Job 3:25 NKJV)

Fear is always an open door to the devil. Fear is a spirit from Satan, not from God, and it is the opposite of faith. Fear receives the works of the devil, but faith receives the works of God.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.  (2 Tim 1:7 NKJV)

When we understand that Jesus destroyed all the works of the devil, we really have nothing left to fear.

Now I’m aware that many believers have lives that do not reflect this abundant life. That’s because although Jesus legally destroyed the works of the devil, we still have to enforce his defeat on a daily basis.

Satan roams about as a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. So we are instructed to resist him.

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

(James 4:7 NKJV)

Satan is a renegade that tries to illegally put bad things on believers.

However, when we know the truth that Jesus destroyed his works, we can boldly stand up and resist him. We must tell the devil, “No you don’t! You can’t put sickness and disease on me, in Jesus’ name!”

One of the reasons we’ve been given the armor of God is to stand firm against the devil’s works.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Ephesians 6:10-11 NKJV)

Many have said, “I’ve done all I know to do and I’m still no better.”

Ephesians 6:13 from the Amplified Classic instructs us:

Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].

Once we have taken our stand of faith, we must stay in resistance mode until the disease leaves our bodies. Continually confess that Jesus has destroyed the works of the devil in your life, and never give up!

You don’t have to put up with sickness and disease anymore!

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